Breaking Bad fucking pwns.

No shit, I love this show.  One of the best on TV.

I've been hearing a lot of people say a lot of awesome shit about it.  I'll have to check it out on hulu.  What network does it come on again?

AMC

AMC's embed code didn't work here, so I put up an episode of it on d00dj00sux0r.com. Go check it out man, it's a kick ass episode.

Thanks.  I thought the series had just started, but now I see that there's a whole season I missed. Hulu has it, but not in their player, it links either to AMC's site or some place called "Cracker".  I was really hoping to watch it on hulu so I could stream it to my TV, but I guess I can watch it on the laptop.

you missed some TV?



you failed, fuse

you failed

I caught it in the beginning.  I first saw the previews for it while in the psych ward.

Can you watch this show online?  I was under the impression that AMC didn't post their shows online anywhere.

I watched all of Season 1.

My roommate got season 1 off of netflix and talked me into watching an episode.  I was really impressed with the intensity of the show.

I also like that it seems to be a self-limiting series.  I hope that they don't try to get around the terminal cancer to make the series last longer, or play tricks with time so they can turn it into a series that runs until it has lost all of its interesting qualities.

I think many TV shows would be vastly better if the creators sat down at the beginning and said, "We're going to write this series to last 3 years."  Then you develop what themes you want to handle over the term of the series, how you want the characters to evolve, and other overarching elements.  Smaller plotlines and story elements get worked within the larger framework and you end up with a coherent overall story in addition to compelling shorter term stories.

I'm totally with you, but I don't think that will ever happen. Once a show is a hit the networks will be all too happy to drag it out as long as possible. Take Lost for instance. I believe at one point it had a finite life span, but I don't believe for a second that it's following that outline any longer. It's so full of shit now it's unbelievable.

See, that's why the original Life on Mars was awesome.

2 series, 8 episodes each. Done.

Lost was always full of shit.  I like Heroes.  It's like Lost except it makes fucking sense.

For the record, I don't watch Lost, my girlfriend does. Sometimes I'll sit through an eposode with her to be nice, and it's like getting your teeth pulled. I DID like Heroes, but it went to shit when it came back and stopped watching it after four or five episodes. They fucking wrecked that show.

I'll have to watch the first season of Breaking Bad, cause this second season so far just keeps getting better and better. That last eposode was sick.

Agree Heroes isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still good.  I just can't put my finger on why.  Why don't you like it anymore?

The writing just got terrible and confusing. Mohinder became a bad guy, Skyler became a good guy, Peter became a pussy, and then everyone was all time hopping all over the place into and out of alternate futures and shit. It just seemed to have lost all direction and in turn I lost interest.

I'm into Heroes right now but I think it's mainly because I got into it late.  I started watching sorta midway/late into Season 2, so about the period you are describing.  Thus, I'm used to all kinds of shit being all over the place.

I think the lamest part is the new introduction of Silar being able to shape-shift.  They used that one whole episode to just throw it in there, and now there's all kinds of stupid shit that can happen in the story because any character could potentially be Silar faking their persona (which is how Monday's episode ended).

I fucking HATE it when comic books ... nm.

I'm into Heroes right now but I think it's mainly because I got into it late.  I started watching sorta midway/late into Season 2, so about the period you are describing.  Thus, I'm used to all kinds of shit being all over the place.

I think the lamest part is the new introduction of Silar being able to shape-shift.  They used that one whole episode to just throw it in there, and now there's all kinds of stupid shit that can happen in the story because any character could potentially be Silar faking their persona (which is how Monday's episode ended).

Actually I thought that was cool.  I like how Sylar is the definition of a super villain with all his powers and still gaining more.

I'm into Heroes right now but I think it's mainly because I got into it late.  I started watching sorta midway/late into Season 2, so about the period you are describing.  Thus, I'm used to all kinds of shit being all over the place.

I think the lamest part is the new introduction of Silar being able to shape-shift.  They used that one whole episode to just throw it in there, and now there's all kinds of stupid shit that can happen in the story because any character could potentially be Silar faking their persona (which is how Monday's episode ended).

I agree with everything in this post.

Yeah, that's the bg problem with Heroes, the crap writing.  Good guys turn to bad guys, bad guys to good guys, then they're back again in two episodes for no good reason.  And when Sylar started talking about "OMG THE HUNGER" it was the lowest point in the show, so thank fuck that put a stop to that shit.  But then they seem to be having a redemption moment with Sylar that was going somewhat well, and suddenly he's on the beach in a romantic moment with his girlfriend and BAM kills her, bad guy again, no reason.

And yeah, the shapeshifting thing is stupid.  Not only has it been done before, but it's been done before ON THIS SHOW.  But I still keep watching because I've become invested in the story and have to see how it turns out.

Has this thread jumped the shark?

See, that's why the original Life on Mars was awesome.

2 series, 8 episodes each. Done.

The British Office was 2 seasons, too.  The American version has now run 5 or 6 seasons (and gone from bad knock-off to tolerable to unwatchable during the first 3 seasons) and spawned a spin-off, of sorts. 

The American version of Life on Mars died, mercifully. 

Season 3 has started.

Damn, more things to catch up on (or just start watching) ...

The main dude looks kinda like a much more haggard version of my dad. And I had no idea this series existed, despite having read this thread before, until I started finding that occasionally the best thing on tv is some bullshit edited and chopped up version of a movie I like on AMC. Now I've seen endless ads.

Yeah. Dancing with a survivor idol in rehab vs. Pelican Brief edited for content.

Place your bets...